Upper Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Upper Mount Gravatt

How families and households are made up across the area.

A higher than usual share of people live alone in Upper Mount Gravatt compared to most other areas. While the typical home here holds about 2.4 people, there is a strong mix of small households and families with children.

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📍 Upper Mount Gravatt, Suburb / Locality

Where Upper Mount Gravatt sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Mount Gravatt — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Upper Mount Gravatt2.4
4122, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.5% of people live by themselves, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.1% of the area.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.5% ▲ +3.1%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.7%
  • 2016: 25.3%
  • 2021: 27.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Upper Mount Gravatt, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Over half of families here are couples with children, while 14.2% are one-parent families. This last group is more common here than in most other areas, though it sits just below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

14.2% ▼ -6.2%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.1%
  • 2016: 15.3%
  • 2021: 14.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Upper Mount Gravatt, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32914/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/family-households